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School Drop-Out Rate Decreasing Across All Levels: Government
As per information furnished by the Department of School Education and Literacy (Ministry of Education), the drop-out rate is continuously decreasing at all levels of Education including Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary.
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Literacy Rate In Himachal Pradesh Increases To 84 Per Cent From 4.8 Per Cent In 1948: Chief Minister
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Thursday said that the literacy rate in the state went up to 83 per cent from just 4.8 per cent in 1948.
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India Top Source Of Social Media Misinformation On COVID-19: International Study
India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID-19 due to the country's high internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy, according to a new study.
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Financial Inclusion To Be Focus Area In Post Pandemic Age, Says RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das: Reserve Bank will continue to address the concerns of over-indebtedness of micro finance borrowers.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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Kerala Tops Literacy Rate List, Andhra Worst Performer
With 96.2 per cent literacy, Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 per cent, showed a report based on National Statistical Office (NSO) survey.
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Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia Praises Education Team After Delhi Ranked 2nd Best in Literacy Rate
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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International Literacy Day 2020: At 96.2%, Kerala Tops Literacy Chart; Andhra Pradesh Worst Performer At 66.4%
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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Draft Education Policy's Stance On Gender Divide In Indian Education System
The enrollment rate for girls stands at 23.5 per cent and for boys, it is 25.4 per cent at Higher Education level.
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Kerala Textbook Says HIV Spreads Through "Premarital Or Extramartial Sex"
Kerala, which prides itself on a near-perfect literacy rate, has landed in a controversy after a school textbook was found to be spreading misinformation on sexual health education.
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Kerala Gears Up For Second Literacy Movement
Kerala, declared the first complete literate state in the country over two decades ago, is now gearing up for a second mass literacy movement to eradicate illiteracy totally by covering all left over sections.
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Digital India Guarantees Transparency, Good Governance: PM At IIT Gandhinagar
As technology becomes central to the government's plan for improving standards of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for rapidly expanding the concept of digital literacy in rural areas, cautioning that a digital divide would otherwise create serious problems.
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International Literacy Day 2017: MHRD To Confer Saakshar Bharat Awards On September 8
The Government of India will celebrate the International Literacy Day tomorrow at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. September 8 was declared as the International literacy Day by UNESCO in 1966. The theme for this year's International Literacy Day is 'Literacy in Digital World'.
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Muslims 'Educationally Most Disadvantaged' Among Minorities: Panel
Muslims are the "educationally most disadvantaged community" among the minorities, a panel formed by a government-funded agency has said, advocating a three-tier model to tackle the educational backwardness. The panel has recommended that the communities be empowered through a three-tier model of institutions--central schools, community colleges an...
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Government Finds Ghost Centres In Skill India Mission, Crackdown Begins
An internal audit by the skills development ministry indicated that nearly 7 per cent of all training centres under the 'skill India' initiative, funded by the government, did not exist
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School Drop-Out Rate Decreasing Across All Levels: Government
As per information furnished by the Department of School Education and Literacy (Ministry of Education), the drop-out rate is continuously decreasing at all levels of Education including Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary.
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Literacy Rate In Himachal Pradesh Increases To 84 Per Cent From 4.8 Per Cent In 1948: Chief Minister
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Thursday said that the literacy rate in the state went up to 83 per cent from just 4.8 per cent in 1948.
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India Top Source Of Social Media Misinformation On COVID-19: International Study
India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID-19 due to the country's high internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy, according to a new study.
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Financial Inclusion To Be Focus Area In Post Pandemic Age, Says RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das: Reserve Bank will continue to address the concerns of over-indebtedness of micro finance borrowers.
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In A First, Assam To Open More Than 100 High Schools At Tea Gardens
In a first, Assam is coming up with more than 100 high schools at tea gardens across the state to improve literacy and control dropout rate within the tea garden labour community, the state government has said.
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Kerala Tops Literacy Rate List, Andhra Worst Performer
With 96.2 per cent literacy, Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 per cent, showed a report based on National Statistical Office (NSO) survey.
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Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia Praises Education Team After Delhi Ranked 2nd Best in Literacy Rate
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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International Literacy Day 2020: At 96.2%, Kerala Tops Literacy Chart; Andhra Pradesh Worst Performer At 66.4%
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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Draft Education Policy's Stance On Gender Divide In Indian Education System
The enrollment rate for girls stands at 23.5 per cent and for boys, it is 25.4 per cent at Higher Education level.
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Kerala Textbook Says HIV Spreads Through "Premarital Or Extramartial Sex"
Kerala, which prides itself on a near-perfect literacy rate, has landed in a controversy after a school textbook was found to be spreading misinformation on sexual health education.
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Kerala Gears Up For Second Literacy Movement
Kerala, declared the first complete literate state in the country over two decades ago, is now gearing up for a second mass literacy movement to eradicate illiteracy totally by covering all left over sections.
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Digital India Guarantees Transparency, Good Governance: PM At IIT Gandhinagar
As technology becomes central to the government's plan for improving standards of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for rapidly expanding the concept of digital literacy in rural areas, cautioning that a digital divide would otherwise create serious problems.
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International Literacy Day 2017: MHRD To Confer Saakshar Bharat Awards On September 8
The Government of India will celebrate the International Literacy Day tomorrow at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. September 8 was declared as the International literacy Day by UNESCO in 1966. The theme for this year's International Literacy Day is 'Literacy in Digital World'.
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Muslims 'Educationally Most Disadvantaged' Among Minorities: Panel
Muslims are the "educationally most disadvantaged community" among the minorities, a panel formed by a government-funded agency has said, advocating a three-tier model to tackle the educational backwardness. The panel has recommended that the communities be empowered through a three-tier model of institutions--central schools, community colleges an...
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Government Finds Ghost Centres In Skill India Mission, Crackdown Begins
An internal audit by the skills development ministry indicated that nearly 7 per cent of all training centres under the 'skill India' initiative, funded by the government, did not exist
